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Yes the Department of Veterans Affairs should be ashamed of negligance. I served as an Assistant Chief of Police at the Manhattan VA and the Director hired a Chief of Police whom we investigated for Patient Abuse at the VA Regional Office. The Chief hired his brother-in-law who attacked our female supervisor molesting her;the offender got promoted;the victim got demoted. Just before the daily morning staff meeting I heard the Director state he didn’t care if two Army soldiers died;he just wanted to get them the hell out of his hospital before DOD funding ran out. A VietnamVeteran died at the ER door with a doctor locking the door. And I could go on all day. One veteran jumped out a window like a paratrooper after having a stroke. There were no safety devices on the window. We were ordered by the Director to lie in our police report and state there was a safety device on the window. Poisonings of several veterans were covered up. Veterans,like myself, deserve better.

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